ATRI: US Highways Congestion Hit Record High in 2022
Study Shows Trucking Industry Saddled With $108.8 Billion in Added Costs
Vehicles approach the Holland Tunnel in Jersey City, N.J. Texas, California, Florida and New York combined for 29.6% of the total added cost of congestion in 2022. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg News)
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Snarled traffic on U.S. highways added $108.8 billion in costs to the trucking industry in 2022, up from $94.6 billion in 2021, according to a new Cost of Congestion study published by the American Transportation Research Institute.
The study, part of ATRI’s ongoing highway-performance measurement research, marks a record-high national congestion cost.
ATRI utilized a variety of data sources, including its substantial truck GPS database and Operational Costs benchmarks, to calculate the impact of trucking delays on major U.S. roadways.
“While the total hours of congestion decreased slightly in 2022 from record 2021 highs due to a softening freight market, the cost of operating a truck during this period i…
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